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Key to participles exercise - writing 8

Key to participles exercise  - writing 8, p. 134-135

Top 10 Scariest Urban Legends

Some of the most famous and terrifying urban legends that scared us as kids, and have told them as though they are true. Which of course they're not. Right?

Ex-IMF head Rodrigo Rato told to pay €3m court bond in Spain bank fraud inquiry

Vocab:
- court bond: A sum of money paid as bail or surety
- IMF: International Monetary Fund
- lavish: extravagant; prodigal; wasteful

Ask the Madrid Department of Education to offer C1 and C2 certifications

Ask the Madrid Department of Education to offer C1 and C2 certifications

What You Need to Know About Ebola

The facts about ebola, one of the world’s deadliest diseases that’s making a stand in West Africa.



Vocabulary:
-deadly: Causing or tending to cause death
- host: an animal or plant on which a smaller animal or plant is living as a parasite
-  Zaire [zɑːˈiːəʳ]
- outbreak: if there is an outbreak of fighting or disease in an area, it suddenly starts to happen
- fatality:  a death in an accident or a violent attack
- British English , diarrhea American English
- austere: plain and simple and without any decoration
- a glimmer of hope: a small sign of hope 
- W.H.O.:World Health Organisation
- breakthrough: an important new discovery in something you are studying, especially one made after trying for a long time

COMPOSITION CALENDAR

 The first deadline is for the Mon/Wed class, the second is for the Tu/Thu class.
All the topics are from our text book.

- October  27^th & 28^th – Information on a museum or a sight. Writing Practice, p. 135

- November 24^th& 25^th – Description of a trend,  Writing Practice,  p.121

- December   15^th & 16^th - Opinion Essay on one of the topics in Writing Practice A, p.123

- January 26^th & 27^th  – Review of A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.                Writing Practice, p.125

- February 23^rd & 24^th  –  Description of a process, Writing Practice,  p.127

- March 23^rd & 24^th  –  Covering Letter .Writing Practice C, p. 129

- April 27^th & 28^th  – Magazine article. Writing Practice, p.131

- May  25^th & 26^th – Wiki guide. Writing Practice, p. 133

2014-15 Calendar

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I'm back

I'll be back today even if my voice isn't. I feel a little better.
So see you later.

No lesson today

I'm ill and still without a voice, so there'll be no lesson today.
Hopefully, I'll be better by Monday. I'll keep you posted.

On the Road With Andrew McCarthy

 Andrew McCarthy shares his journey from actor to director to award-winning travel writer.
In class we saw from 13'00'' onwards.

 Vocab:
the wherewithal: necessary funds, resources, or equipment (for something or to do something)
audition:a test at which a performer or musician is asked to demonstrate his ability for a particular role, etc
bratpack: a group of precocious and successful young actors, writers, etc
gap year: a year's break taken by a student between leaving school and starting further education
Paul Theroux: an American travel writer and novelist
to wing it: to improvise
inn:  A public lodging house serving food and drink to travellers; a hotel.

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Word Crimes

Thanks for the link, Alberto!

Obama's Message for Students